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Originally Posted by robocodepodcast
Good evening All,
This is my first year helping out with scouting for my daughter's team. I have a web development background and while my daughter's team did things paper based last year I want to help them get into the digital age. I am looking for a scouting application that is app based, on android, and can be used while having a Bluetooth server built into the app to keep all data synced for matches.
I have seen the krawler app and thunder-scout so far. are there any others out there to evaluate. I was also wondering when thunder-scout and frc krawler might be updated for this season comp. Any help is greatly appreciated.
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Please be careful jumping directly from paper to electronic, the transition takes time. If everyone is gung-ho then by all means, just don't force it. I found this out the hard way.
I am working on 876's implementation of
WildRank, it does not meet all of your criteria, as it is usb sync based. I am not positive on my release date for 876's 2017 update, I am thinking sometime on or near Feb. 7th (After F.U.N.). The code is being pushed to a github repo, however the current version is broken (due to porting over to the new season).
Wildrank is a great, feature-rich system, but with that come a high maintaince nature. If someone does go with my implementation after relese please note that a large portion of the code was changed since the 2015 version (on which it is based). I will not be providing the companion spreadsheet for further analysis of the output ( we have to keep some sort of competative advantage eh?)
Important points about wildrank:
- USB sync based (tablets must support usb OTG)
- Built for Android 4.2.2, however newer versions
should work
- Team based scouting, not alliance or location
- Offers multi screen scouting, high data redundency, data compilation, whiteboard
- Immune to holes in data
In short, Wildrank is not for the scouting beginner, if you are seasoned in java and android development you will do just fine. It is a well rounded app offering a ton of functionality.
That all being said.
If you are coming from straight paper I recommend an intermediate season with paper slips and excel. If there is a year to do this 2017 is it, there is a lot of quaitative data that will be collected so a well laid out spreadsheet should be a breeze for data input (Just make sure students switch out on the data entry position every 5 matches or so, plugging numbers in is NOT fun as a spectator). An access database may also be a good way to go about this as it has surpurb input forms.
Best of luck with whatever you choose,
Skye Leake